If, as I can't help suspecting, the dead also feel the pains of separation (and this may be one of read more

If, as I can't help suspecting, the dead also feel the pains of separation (and this may be one of their purgatorial sufferings), then for both lovers, and for all pairs of lovers without exception, bereavement is a universal and integral part of our experience of love.

Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully,or just completely, read more

Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully,or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile.